My go-to mind mapping tool
Updated May 15, 2025

My go-to mind mapping tool

Vincent Po | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Whimsical

The feature I use from Whimsical is the mind mapping mode.

I've tried many other mind mapping tools (e.g. Clickup) in the past including desktop apps like Freemind, but in terms of cloud-based mind mapping tools, their mind-mapping tool is the best one or the one I prefer using the most.

I use mind mapping to work out product development, doing brain dumps to organize thoughts and ideas.

Pros

  • Mind maps
  • Generous usage on free plan
  • Very intuitive

Cons

  • Getting out of a selected view is not quite as intuitive.
  • No hard numbers I can quote. Other than the free plan has been adequate for my needs.
  • It's my go to mind mapping tool.
It's fairly intuitive, I rarely have any problems using the app.

The layout is pretty user-friendly and easy to adapt to.

There's a lot of tooltips to help with the various features and functions, so it's very easy to get self-help for the most part.

Overally, I'm pretty happy and satisfied with the usage of Whimsical for mind-mapping.
ClickUp's mind mapping tool was very basic and hard to use from my perspective. Whimsical was by far easier and did what I wanted for a SaaS/cloud-based mind mapping tool. Xmind is fine as a desktop app, but updating the app was a pain whereas, with Whimsical I don't have to worry about that. Also, I wanted to continue working on a mind map wherever I was, even if I didn't have my laptop or device with me and Whimsical allows me to do that.

Do you think Whimsical delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Whimsical's feature set?

Yes

Did Whimsical live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Whimsical go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Whimsical again?

Yes

Notion
This is my go-to mind mapping tool, and I use this both for business-related work and personal though organization and brainstorming.

There were few times I needed to contact support, but when I did, they responded by over-delivering on my expectations which really stood out in my mind.

Can't think of any scenario where it is less appropriate, except for maybe, a larger enterprise where data confidentiality may be an issue.

Whimsical Feature Ratings

Project Management
5.4
Task Management
5
Resource Management
5
Gantt Charts
7
Scheduling
4
Workflow Automation
Not Rated
Team Collaboration
7
Document Management
5
Email integration
5
Professional Services Automation ()
Not Rated

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